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W. R. TUTTLE.

DISPENSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21. 1911.

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DISPENSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21. 1917.

Patented Oct. 11, 1921.

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DISPENSING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21. 1911.

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IN l/E N TOR W- A TTORNE V8 and the pusher UNITED STATES WILLIAM R, TUTTLE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK;

DISPENSING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Dispensing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dispensing'machines and has for its object a machine particularly adapted to dispensepackages as. f food, as sandwiches,

lunch boxes containing etc, and to preserve or keep the same in prime condition whilein the machine, which machine is particularly simple in construction and highly efficient and durable in use; and the invention consists in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed. 1

In describing thisinvention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views. I

Figure l is an elevation of a machine embodying my invention. v

Fig. 2 is a plaii thereof, partly broken away. Figs. 3 and l are elevations, partly broken away, taken at a right angle to each other,

of the delivery mechanism, the contiguous portion of the container being shown in section.

F1 5 is a fra 'mentar detailview of b 23 theholder for the articles to be dispensed movable along the holder.

This dispensing machine comprises generally a container, a compartment for the articles to be dispensed, 'a receptacle for containing a preserving or jconditioning medium, also located in the container adjacent the compartment, and means for delivering the articles from the compartment.

In the illustrated embodiment of my in vention, the container provided with a receptacle for containing a preserving or conditioning medium, which receptacle is located centrally of the container, and with a'plurality of compartments for the articles to be dispensed, located around the receptacle or radially relatively thereto, the receptacle being common to all the compartments and each compartment having a delivery mechanism associated therewith.

l'designates the container which is here shown as rectangular in general form, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

corners of the container Be it known thatI, WILLIAM R. Tnrrnn constituting compartments 2 for the articles or packages to be dispensed. a V

3 designates the central receptacle for contaming the preserving or conditioning medium as'a refrigerant, when it is desired to keep-the articles cold, and a warming medium when the arti'c warm.

The container 1 is doors 4 on the four provided with suitable sides thereof through which the articles in the compartments are accessible, and also with the door6 in its top through which the receptacle 3 is accessible. i

The container is also provided with suitable exit slots 6 on the four sides thereof through which the articles are dispensed,

and with sight and coin openings 7 and 8 in the top thereof, there being openings 7 and 8 for each compartment 2.

The delivery partinent may be of any suitable form, size and construction. This mechanism ashere shown comprises generally a holder or magazine, a delivery member at one end of the holder or agazine, means for feeding the articles along the holder or magazine to the delivery member, and operating mechanism connected her and said means, and operating to actuate said delivery member and said means a predetermined distance sufiicient to discharge a single article at theexit slot- 6 upon each operation of said mechanismf Suitable coin controlled mechanism controls the operation of the operating mechanism The holder in each compartment as here shown comprises a vertical skeleton guide or chute ll along-which the articles as sand-" wiches or lunch packages are fed unwardly.

12 is the delivery member at the upperend of the guide 11, said member beinga rotatablewheel mounted on'the shaft'13 and having peripheral projections 1i movable across the upper end of the guide 11 and being of sufficientextent to pickup or wipe'ofi the topmost article in the guide lland carry it around the wheel; and dis-- charge thesame through the deliveryslot 6 upon a'suitable rest 15, these projections casing 16' encircling moving in the circular the wheel. The projections are suitably Patented Oct. 11, 1921. Application filed February 27, '1917. Serial No. 151,196.

es are tobe kept mechanism for each com to the delivery 1119111 12, said pusher 17 spaced to form pockets intowhich the topmost article in the guide is fed, and thedelivery wheel alwaysstops in position to receive one of said articles. The casing 16 is provided with an opening opposite the sight opening 7 so that printed matter on the packages denoting the character of the articles is visible through the sight open- I 17 is the feeding member or pusher movable in the skeleton holder or magazine 11 to force .the articles to the having four rollers 18 thereon movable in guides 'or grooves 19 provided on the frame of theholder 11, and

the holder is shiftably secured to a verti- V callymovable carrier as chain 20 movable over sprocket wheels 21,.

a belt or sprocket 22, the former being located near the top of the container and bottom of the container. The pusher 17 is secured to the chain 20 by any suitable coupling means, here shown as a latch 23 pivoted at 24 thereto and having a hook 25 movable into one of the chain links.- The member 23 is held in'its operative position out of its op- 27' pivoted to the pusher 17 on a vertical pivot and connected to abent rod 28 which coactswith the latcha' Movement of the a lever" 27 laterally or horizontally causes the i 23 on its pivot to carry the rod28 to move forwardly and tilt the latch hook 25 thereof out of engagement with the chain 20. e The wing. or lever 27 is suitably connected to the'rod 28 to effect the desired movement a unit therewith, the pivot 27 forea crank arm, the

I 1 to the left, Fig. 3 on draw the hook 25 of the latch out of enthereof, and the rod 28 is bent and engages extending arm a shoulder 29 on-a forwardly Said wing 27 of the latch member 23. movesabout the axis 27 tical and carried by a fixed hearing. The rod 28 is angular, itslower arm being ver tical and its upper arm substantially horizontal and pivoted at 27 The rod is therevertical part of which coacts with the latch 23 some distance above the pivot 24 of said latch. As the wing 27 is movedhorizontally on its pivot 27*, the crank arm 28 moves therewith and the eccentric or verticalportion moves in a horizontalarc and-inso doing moves forwardly and transmits a forward movement tothe upper'portion of'the ment causes the latch to swing forwardly or its pivot 24 and withgagement with the sprocket chain 20. WVhenit is desired to place sandwiches in the holder or magazine, the pusher or feeding member can be detached from the chain 20 and shifted toward container by operating the lever 27 and can be again attached to the chain in any de-v I port or slide 30 delivery wheel,

the latter near theshaft havinga gear of the rod 28 as being verlatch 23 which move-.

the bottom of the sired position by releasing the. lever so that the spring 26 can move the latch 23 into operative position. v

In case some sandwiches remain in the holder or magazine11 when the same is being re-stocked, hese sandwiches maybe held from displacement downwardly when the pusher 17 is shifted, by means "of a supwhich is insertible through slots 31 in the holder 11, in order to form a bottom or support for said sandwiches after the feeding member or pusher 17 has;

been displaced. The'newsandwiches are placed on the feeding member or pusher 17 below the slide 30 This slide is formed with a suitable handle 32 and an upwardly extending arm 33 whichvbraces against the outer faceof the holder 11 and thus holds the. support in horizontal position.

V 3 1 designates an operating member, which in this form of my machine is a handle, as

the machine is manually operated. Said handle is mountedupon a suitable shaft 35 journ'aled in the wall of the container, the 36 thereon meshing with. a gear 37 mounted on a shaft 38on with a gear 39 on the same. shaft that the sprocket chain 21 is mounted, in order to otate said shaft andsprocket chain to-ef-' fect the feeding movement of the feeding member or pusher 17; The shaft35 is connected to the shaft '13, on which the. delivery wheel 12 is mounted, by mechanism, as the well known Geneva movement, which gives an intermittent movement'to the wheel 12. 1 Briefiythis movement comprises a wheel 10 mounted on the axis of the delivery wheel 13, and having diametrically extending groovestl therein and also diametrically disposed pins or rollers 4-2, an actuating member 43 mounted on the shaft 35 on which the handle at is mounted and having a tooth as a roller 44 movable into the endv of one of the grooves 11 uponeach rotation of the member-3%,and a lock for normally holding the wheel 40 from rotation. Obviously, as the disk 43 is actuated onerev- 1 olution, it will impart a quarter revolution to the disk 40 and the delivery wheel 12. V i V The lock'forholding the delivery wheel 12 from movement when not beinga'ctu-v ated, by the actuating member 43, consists of a sector 15 on the member 43, the sector having a concentric groove 46 which receives one of the rollers 42. V 'Overthrow andstopping of the delivery wheel is controlled by a suitable ratchet and pawl, and escapement' mechanism unnecessary to be described herein- The preserving medium. is receptacle 3 through the to the packages placed into t placed in the thereof, 1 and e holders .11

which is also mounted a gear 39 meshing formed with a sight In operation, when the of the slots 8, the corresponding operating mechanism is released so that the handle 34 can be operated, each operation causing the delivery wheel to make a quarter turn and deliver the package to the rest or shelf 15, where it is accessible to the operator, this through the doors. 00111 is placed in one lift a single step.

Then the machine comes to a stop there is a sandwich or package 011 the top of the delivery wheel thereon at the sight opening 7.

lVhen it is necessary to replenish the machine, the doors 4 can be opened, the pusher l7 dropped to the bottom by operating the lever 27 and again coupled to the chain at a lower point thereon by releasing the lever 27, the shelf or slide 30 having placed between the feeding member or pusher l7 and the contents remaining in the guide 11. a

New articles are then placed on the pusher 17 beneath the old articles remaining in the guide and the slide 30 removed.

This machine is particularly advantageous in that it is particularly compact in construction and of comparatively large ca: pacity, and further in that the articles of all the compartments are kept in prime condition by a centrally located refrigerating or warming chamber.

lVhat I claim is:

1. In a dispensing machine, the combination of a container having a discharge opening in the upright sides thereof, a plurality of holders in the container for the packages to be dispensed, a receptacle for a preserving medium, the holders being arranged in upright position around the receptacle, means associated with each holder for feeding the articles upwardly toward the upper end of the holder, and a delivery member at the upper end of each holder and beneath the top of the container, the container being opening in the top thereof through which the contents about to be delivered by said members, are visible, substantially as and for the purpose described.

movement also operating the chain 20 to cause the feeding member 17 to p with the printed matter ing in one side thereof, a

2 In a dispensing machine, the combination'of a container having a discharge opening in one side thereof, a stationary holder for the packages to be dispensed, the holder being arranged in upright position in the container, mechanism at the top off the holder for a member movable adjacent the top of the container, the top of the container having a sight opening over the delivery member, said delivery member being movable under and across said sight opening, andmeans for feeding the articles upwardly in the holder to the delivery member, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a dispensing machine, the combination of a container having stationary holder for the packages to be dispensed, the holder being arranged in upright position in the container, holder for delivering the articles includin an overshot rotary member movable adjacent the top of the container, the top of the container having a sight opening over. the delivery member, said delivery member being movable under and across said sight opening to carry the articles to be dis-V charged opposite thesight opening, means for feeding the articles upwardly in the holder to the lower side of the delivery member, and means connected to the operating member for actuating the feeding means a predetermined amount during each operation of the operatingmember, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A dispensing machine comprising a. mechamsm 1n the container for container, feeding the articles to be dispensed comprising a carriage including a belt, a pusher for feeding the articles carried by the belt, means for detachably coupling the pusher to the belt and operable to permit the pusher to be shifted along the belt,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New day of January, 1917. 7

WILLIAM R. TUTTLE.

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